tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post7665158882217055888..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Emails on the Eve of the Big DeadlineUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-89376661394501757532015-07-18T17:30:32.221-04:002015-07-18T17:30:32.221-04:00Glad to hear it. I usually at least glance at the ...Glad to hear it. I usually at least glance at the post list and try to allow any scheduled posts a 1/2-day or so at the top before adding something. I thought I saw a couple of drafts, but nothing actually scheduled. Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-12564028646157423142015-07-18T17:29:21.690-04:002015-07-18T17:29:21.690-04:00Welcome back!
I think I've already dealt with...Welcome back!<br /><br />I think I've already dealt with most of the students in the category to which you allude above (although one or two of them are still convinced they'll "catch up," but show limited to no signs of actually doing so, so there will undoubtedly be some angst once the final final deadline, including grace period, passes, and I enter the Fs they've earned)Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-47258927555298480312015-07-18T16:25:24.151-04:002015-07-18T16:25:24.151-04:00No worries about the post scheduling. I reschedule...No worries about the post scheduling. I rescheduled mine appx. 3 times and then I must have slipped and made it live before I'd pasted in the part after the jump, and then I reverted it to draft, etc. I don't think it was possible for you to know when it would really go live. Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-18037336034300993692015-07-17T21:16:08.035-04:002015-07-17T21:16:08.035-04:00I haven't started on anything and have missed ...I haven't started on anything and have missed the last 8 weeks of class. Can I come see you about what I need to do to catch up? When are your office hours? And where is your office? <br /><br />Oh, this is an online class? Where do I email you? Can you just waive everything I missed?<br /><br />PS I haven't been on here because I couldn't remember my login for CM, so I shouldn't The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-78985485074333804952015-07-17T09:23:00.379-04:002015-07-17T09:23:00.379-04:00On the other hand, it looks like we've got som...On the other hand, it looks like we've got something of a theme going. I almost titled this one something along the lines of "innumeracy, again." Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-54182099969338342182015-07-17T08:58:58.978-04:002015-07-17T08:58:58.978-04:00That's about right, I think, except that I thi...That's about right, I think, except that I think there's a somewhat higher level of denial about the possible maximum grade (they need at least a C for graduation credit, and several of these students are hoping to graduate, in fact, have already "walked." In several cases, I'm pretty sure they've also failed this class at least once already, so the denial should be Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-29627571296618611862015-07-17T08:09:11.820-04:002015-07-17T08:09:11.820-04:00"I'm thinking maybe I should go back and ..."I'm thinking maybe I should go back and catch up on those missed 3-point discussion-board assignments from a month ago"<br /><br />Captain Subtext translates: I have no idea how to calculate what those low-stakes assignments will do to my course grade alongside the big paper that I'm going to turn in late and incomplete. Is there anyway [sic] I can raise my grade from an F to Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.com